Lakuyenda kwa Aroma 11:1-36
11 Tenepo ndibvunze kuti, kodi Mulungu walamba wanthu wace? Ne na pang’onopo! Pakuti inepano ndinembo Mjirayeri, m’bodzi mwa wana wa* Abalahamu, wakucokera m’dzinza la Benjamini.
2 Mulungu alibe kulamba wanthu wace omwe iye adawasankhula pakuyamba. Kodi imwepo mun’dziwa lini bzomwe cinembo cimbalewa pakulewa bza Eliya na momwe iye adadandaulira Mulungu thangwe ra Ajirayeri?
3 Eliyayo adati: “Yahova, iwo adapha apolofeta wanu ndipo adapfudza maguwa yanu ya ntsembe, tenepo ndasala ndekha, ndipo tsapano iwo an’funa kupha inepano.”
4 Tsono kodi Mulungu adamutawira tani? Adamutawira kuti: “Ndikanawo amuna 7000 omwe alibe kunamata* Baala.”
5 Mu njira ibodzi-bodziyi ntsiku zino, alipombo wanthu ang’ono-ng’ono omwe adasankhulidwa* thangwe ra kudeka mtima kukulu kwa Mulungu.
6 Tenepo, bzimwebzi bzikuthandauza kuti iwo adasankhulidwa thangwe ra kudeka mtima kwace kukulu, sikuti thangwe ra mabasa yomwe iwo adacita. Bzingadakhala kuti iwo adasankhulidwa thangwe ra mabasa yawo, kudeka mtima kukulu kwa Mulunguko kungadakhala lini kudeka mtima.
7 Kodi tingalewe ciyani tsapano? Ajirayeri alibe kutambira cinthu comwe akhafuna, tsono wanthu ang’ono-ng’ono wakusankhulidwa ndiwo omwe adatambira. Winangowo adaumisa mitima yawo.
8 Ninga momwe Bzinembo bzimbalewera kuti: “Mulungu adawapasa tulo tukulu kwene-kwene twauzimu, maso yakusaya kuwona, makutu yakusaya kubva mpaka lero.”
9 Ndipo Davide adalewambo kuti: “Meza yawo kwa iwo ikhale nyambo, diwa, mwala wakukhukhumudwisa na nyathwa.
10 Maso yawo yakhale na mdima kuti yaleke kuwona, ndipo misana yawo ikhale yakukotama nthawe zentse.”
11 Tenepo ndibvunze kuti, kodi Adjuda pomwe iwo adakhukhumudwa adagwa? Ne na pang’onopo! Tsono thangwe ra njira zawo zakuipa, wanthu wa mitundu inango adakhala na cipulumuso ndipo bzimwebzi bzidacitisa kuti Adjuda akhale na ntcanje.
12 Na tenepo, penu dziko lin’tambira bzisimbo napo kuti Adjuda atazira kugumana bzisimbobzo, mwakuti bzisimbobzo mpsakucepa kwa iwo ndipo mpsizinji kwa wanthu wa mitundu inango, ndiye kuti iwo akadzawanda* an’dzakhala na bzisimbo bzizinji.
13 Tsapano ndikulewalewa na imwe omwe ndimwe wanthu wa mitundu inango. Pakuti ndine mpostolo wa wanthu wa mitundu inango, ndikulemekeza kwene-kwene kutumikira kwangu Mulungu.*
14 Ndikuyeza kuti pinango ningacitise Adjuda omwe mbakundendemerana na ine kukhala na ntcanje, kuti winango wa iwo adzapulumusidwe.
15 Kutaidwa kwawo, kwathandiza wanthu winango m’dziko kuti akhale pa uxamwali* na Mulungu. Penu iwo tsapano abvumidwa kubwerera, bzin’dzakhala ninga kuti abwerera ku moyo kucokera ku infa.
16 Penu mbali ya pau yomwe ikuperekedwa ninga bzisapo bzakuyambirira njakucena, pau yentseneyo in’dzakhalambo yakucena ndipo penu muzi ngwakucena, mthambi zace zin’dzakhalambo zakucena.
17 Na tenepo, mthambi zinango za muti wa miolivera zidagwatidwa, ndipo zinango ziribe kugwatidwa. Tsono iwepo, napo ndiwe muti wa olivera wa m’thengo, udaphatanidzidwa pa muti umweyo wa miolivera kuti ukhale pabodzi na mthambi zomwe zidasala pa muti umweyo, uciyamba kutambira cuma cakucokera ku muzi wa muti wa mioliverayo.
18 Tsono leka kukumbuka kuti iwepo ndiwe wakufunika kwene-kwene kuposa mthambi zinango. Penu ukubziwona ninga kuti ndiwe wakufunika kwene-kwene, kumbukira kuti ndiwepo lini omwe umbadyesa muzi, tsono muzi ndiye omwe umbadyesa iwepo.
19 Iwepo un’dzalewa kuti: “Mthambi zinango zidagwatidwa kuti inepano ndiphatanidzidwe ku mutiko.”
20 Bzimwebzi n’cadidi! Iwo adagwatidwa thangwe akhalibe cikhulupiro, tsono iwepo un’dzapitiriza kukhala pamwepo thangwe ra cikhulupiro cako. Tenepo, khala na mantha ndipo leka kubzikuza.
21 Penu Mulungu alibe kulekerera mthambi zace caizo, kodi ukukumbuka kuti iwepo an’dzakusiya?
22 Iwepo ukukwanisa kuwona kuti Mulungu ngwakudeka mtima ndipo ambalanga. Iye ambalekerera lini wale omwe agwa thangwe ra kusaya kwawo cikhulupiro. Tsono Mulungu ngwakudeka mtima kwa iwepo ukapitiriza kucita nyongo yakuti iye akudekere mtima. Ukalamba kucita bzimwebzi iwepo un’dzagwatidwambo.
23 Ndipo Adjuda akayamba kulatiza cikhulupiro, iwo an’dzaphatanidzidwa pomwe ku mutiyo thangwe Mulungu angakwanise kuwaphatanidza pomwe.
24 Pakuti penu iwepo udagwatidwa pa muti wa miolivera wa m’thengo ndipo udaphatanidzidwa ku muti wa miolivera wa mdimba, bzomwe mpsacirengedwe lini, kodi bzinganese kubwezeresa mthambi za miolivera ku muti wace komwe zidacokera?
25 Abale, pakuti ndikufuna lini kuti mukhale wakusaya kudziwa bza cintsintsi cakupambulikaci, kuti muleke kukumbuka kuti ndimwe wanthu wanzeru. Cintsintsico n’cakuti: Ajirayeri winango aumisa mitima yawo ndipo bzimwebzi bzidacitika mpaka pomwe idakwana mbogo ya wanthu wentse wakusankhulidwa wa mitundu inango.
26 Ndipo mwa njira ibodzi-bodziyi, Ajirayeri wentse an’dzapulumusidwa. Bzimwebzi bzikubverana na momwe bzinembo bzimbalewera kuti: “Mpulumusi an’dzabwera kucokera mu Ziyoni ndipo an’dzacosera Djakobo bzicito bzakuipa bzentse bzakusaya kulemekeza Mulungu.
27 Ndipo umweyu ni mpangano omwe nin’dzacita na iwo ndikadzacosa pikado zawo.”
28 Kulewa cadidi, iwo mbanyamadulanthaka wa mafala yabwino ndipo bzimwebzi bzabweresa phindu kwa imwepo. Tsono iwo adasankhulidwa na Mulungu ndipo iye ambawafuna thangwe ra makolo yawo yakale.
29 Mulungu an’dzakhumbula lini thangwe ra mphaso zomwe iye wapereka ndipo an’dzakhumbulambo lini thangwe ra kucemera wanthu wale omwe iye adawacemera.
30 Pakuti imwepo pakuyamba mukhabvera lini Mulungu, tsono tsapano mwalatizidwa ntsisi thangwe ra kusaya kubvera kwa Adjuda.
31 Tsapano iwo mbanyakusaya kubvera ndipo bzimwebzi bzacitisa kuti imwepo mulatizidwe ntsisi na Mulungu, tsono iwo angalatizidwembo ntsisi ninga imwepo.
32 Pakuti Mulungu adawacitisa wentse kukhala anyam’kawoko wakusaya kubvera, kuti alatize ntsisi kwa wentsenewo.
33 Bzisimbo bzakucokera kwa Mulungu, nzeru zace na udziwi bwace mpsakusaya malire. Kodi mbani angakwanise kubvesesa momwe iye ambatongera? Ndipo mbani angakwanise kudziwa njira zace?
34 “Kodi mbani omwe angadziwe kakumbukidwe ka Yahova? Ndipo mbani omwe angamupase malango?”
35 Ayai, “mbani omwe adayamba kupasa cinthu Mulungu, kuti Mulunguyo abzibve kuti an’funika kumubwezera?”
36 Thangwe bzinthu bzentse bzidacokera kwa iye. Ndiye omwe adabzilenga ndipo bziripo thangwe ra iye. Iye apasidwe ulemerero mpaka kale-kale. Ameni.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Mafala yace caiyo: “mbeu ya.”
^ Mafala yace caiyo: “kugodamira.”
^ Ayai, “omwe adasankhulidwa pakati pa Adjuda.”
^ Ayai, “mbogo ya Adjuda na ya wanthu wa mitundu inango ikadzakwana.”
^ Ayai, “ndikutumbiza utumiki bwangu.”
^ Ayai, “abverane pomwe.”
